Police on Thursday detained three individuals over selling donkey skins in northern Baghlan province. Cpt. Zabihullah Shuja, Baghlan police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the three persons were detained in Nahrain district. He said the men were…
One person was killed and another wounded on Sunday evening when protesting residents clashed with police in northern Baghlan province. The residents of Baraka district were protesting against the district police chief. One civilian was killed and another…
Security officials and several tribal elders on Sunday accused a Hezb-i-Islami (HIA) commander of grabbing dozens acres of government-owned land in northern Baghlan province over the past one month and sold it to people. They expressed concern over…
Taliban militants have established training centres and have increased their military activities in Dehna Ghori and Dand Ghori areas of northern Baghlan province, security officials said on Tuesday. An Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander in Dand Ghori district,…
A number of provincial council members and residents of northern Baghlan province on Tuesday accused the provincial capital, Pul-i-Khumri, mayor of helping land usurpers in illegally occupying green areas. Over the past one year, more than 10 acres…
Residents on Sunday expressed concern over the presence and highhandedness of illegal armed individuals in northern Baghlan province. They said the armed men posed a serious threat to security of the province and police were unable to put…
Seven members of a family including three women and a child were killed when a mortar shell hit their house in Baghlan-i-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province, officials said on Sunday. Governor Gawhar Khan told Pajhwok Afghan News…
An Afghan Air Force (AAF) helicopter crashed in the Dand-i-Ghori district of northern Baghlan province on Sunday, killing at least seven personnel, the Ministry of Defence said. The Mi-17 helicopter, flying supplies to an army camp in Qarghan Tapa…
Nearly a dozen Taliban militants were killed and another 23 wounded during clashes with security forces in northern Baghlan province, the governor said on Tuesday. Abdul Sattar Baraz told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban stormed on police check-posts…
Afghan refugee families who recently returned from neighboring Pakistan to northern Baghlan province complain about absence of residential facilities, joblessness, poor living conditions and no attention on the part of the government towards these issues. About 1000 families…
The residents of Dehna Ghori district of northern Bahglan province on Saturday staged a protest rally against the ongoing occupation of the area by Taliban and demanded security forces retake the troubled town. Numbering about 300, the protesters…
Six people including a former jihadi commander have been killed during a clash in northern Baghlan province, officials said on Saturday. Bismillah, then jihadi commander, belonged to the Jamiat-i-Islami party, came under ambush in Pul-i-Hisar district on Saturday,…
A would-be suicide bomber was among five others arrested by intelligence forces in northern Baghlan province, officials said Tuesday. Governor, Abdul Sattar Bariz told Pajhwok Afghan News that two militants were detained by National Directorate of Security (NDS)…
The governor on Wednesday said a Taliban attack on the Dehna Ghori district has been repulsed, but the rebels claimed capturing five military bases in the district. Governor Abdul Sattar Barez told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban staged…
Gunmen loyal to the Hezb-i-Islami (HIA) group have been driven from two coalmines in northern Baghlan provinces as a result of a security operation, an official said on Sunday. Baghlan police spokesman Ahmad Javed Basharat told Pajhwok Afghan…
A notorious Taliban for medical treatment, officials said on Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Noor Habib Gulbahari, the Baghlan police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Faizullah Yaktan, Taliban’s senior commander, had been wounded during a clash in the Chardara…
At least 16 civilians were injured on Thursday evening when a bomb rigged to a rickshaw exploded in Baghlan-i-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province, an official said. Gawhar Khan Baburi, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
KABUL, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Wednesday said 15 irrigation canals would be reconstructed in northern Baghlan province and capital Kabul until the end of current year. Contracts for the canals’ reconstruction projects were signed on Wednesday between the MAIL…
Local officials in northern Baghlan province on Thursday acknowledged that armed men from the Hezb-i-Islami (HIA), led by Gulbadin Hikmatyar, were in control of Karkar and Dudkash coalmines over the past one month. Site engineer, Mohammad Nasim, told…
KABUL militants for lacking needed equipment. Col. Noor Habib Gulbahari expressed his concern about the weak morale of security forces in the province after sustaining heavy losses. He said the police forces lacked the ability to fight against rebels. “The…
A school has been torched by unidentified gunmen in the Nahrain district of northern Baghlan province, officials said on Sunday. Mohammad Afzal, principal of Gulmiran High School, told Pajhwok Afghan News a number of armed men injured the…
Taliban, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said. A MoI statement to Pajhwok Afghan News said Qari Zahir, who was wounded during recent security operations in Chashmai Sheer locality of Baghlan, was detained on Sunday while being…
Taliban, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said. A MoI statement to Pajhwok Afghan News said Qari Zahir, who was wounded during recent security operations in Chashmai Sheer locality of Baghlan, was detained on Sunday while being…
Local officials on Thursday said three brothers were killed and as many others wounded by a group of illegal gunmen in northern Baghlan province. Haji Mohammad Sher, a resident of Ulia village of Jalga district, told Pajhwok Afghan…
